The show involved Keith Southall giving Alan a tour of the gardens and Alan taking a great interest in Keith’s use of walls and water features. The picture shows Alan, Keith and Fran at the “Moon Gate”. So for a great family day out visit us at Whitlenge gardens set in the beautiful Worcestershire countryside.
You are met at the garden entrance by the 8 foot ‘living’ statue of Hearne who won us a top RHS medal at Malvern Garden show, and now stands to protect us all here on your visit to Whitlenge.
From here you stroll through our Metal Hooped Pergola into our new “Garden of Thyme”, then through the Topiary gardens and into our “Walk of the Gods” with representations of the many and diverse spiritualties of the World. Turn the corner and you are onto the Deck walk over our Bog garden with the massive leaves of our Gunnera.
Go through the fascinating Log Arch Portal into the fairy kingdom and see the Hobbit Hole.
Then past the stone Folly and down to the biggest hobbit hole you will ever see.
Then walk through the twisted brick pillar pergola and around into the Whitlenge Cave.
Then through the Oak Rustic gate by the Koi pond and up into the top meadow where we then invite you to walk the sacred turf labyrinth where you can make your wish for the day.
As well as the impressive ponds and streams there are also many smaller water features including millstone, rock and cobble bubblers, and several wall and floor mounted water features plus many more inspiring ideas to fit gardens of all shape and sizes.
At the front of the house we have a scree garden that incorporates the cobble bubbler feature and also our Green man fountain, the inspiration for which is the English God of the wild wood.
After your exploration of the gardens you can relax and enjoy refreshments in our beautiful Restaurant and Gift shop.
The gardens, nurseries & tearooms are open 7 days a week 9am to 5pm every day (Sundays 10am – 5pm)
We serve delicious homemade hot and cold meals from our extensive menu including seasonal specials, steaming soups, freshly prepared sandwiches and perfect paninis.
The new Craft Shop has some unique and interesting Fairtrade gifts, again where possible from local craftsmen and artists, just right for that ‘special’ little present that’s different from the High Street. There is disabled access to tearooms and gardens and we welcome groups and cyclists. Dogs are allowed on the nursery but not the Show Gardens.
“Good walk round the Gardens, topped off with a slice of cake…yummy”
If you need an ‘Instant Garden’ it can be hard to find a good range of large, carefully grown plants with which to create that ‘instant’ effect.
Our nursery carries a large range of plants from popular perrenials and alpines to herbs and fruit trees, but is perhaps best known for its superb range of extra large specimen plants – especially useful for newer gardens.
For those larger plants, you can drive your car right up to our beds & show areas to load your chosen plants into your boot or we can deliver.
As you can imagine, when you’re choosing a lot of bedding or a few large specimen plants or trees this makes the whole process far easier than dragging a cart-full of plants hundreds of yards back across a full car park!
visit Creative Landscapes
Whitlenge Lane, Hartlebury, Worc, DY10 4HD
01299 250 720
keith.southall@creativelandscapes.co.uk
Mon-Sat 9am to 5pm Sun 10am-5pm
